The Highland baseball and softball teams broke out the brooms on Lone Tree in the latest installment of their rivalry Thursday. On the baseball diamond, the two teams endured a wild eighth inning that saw Highland win a 5-4 walk-off. Lone Tree got a single tally in the top of the first, Highland tied it with one of their own in the bottom of the second and things stayed put through regulation with the Huskies Ethan Paisley and the Lion combo of Adam Knock and Cade Shield holding down the opposing bats. Lone Tree broke through with three runs in the top of the eighth to take what looked to be an insurmountable 4-1 lead. Not so fast. In the bottom half, Highland found four runs, including a game winning RBI from Trevor McFarland to walk off the Lions and send the home fans into a frenzy. Brenton Bonebrake finished two for three with a pair of RBI and the game winning run for Highland and Paisley got the win, throwing all eight, giving up six hits, four runs and striking out 11. The Huskies remain unbeaten at 4-0, Lone Tree is now 1-1.

The girls contest ended 13-3 in favor of the Huskies after just five innings. Highland made sure there was no drama, scoring three times in the first, once in the second and nine in the third to build a 13-0 advantage before the Lady Lions could respond. Lone Tree posted a pair of runs in the third and one in the fourth. The Huskies pounded out 11 hits, five for extra bases and had eight RBI. Sarah Burton led the offense with three hits, three runs scored and two driven in. Payton Brun and Grace Batcheller each had two hits. Jessica Kraus was the winner in the circle, throwing all five, giving up five hits, three runs, walking two and striking out six. Highland is now 2-0 on the season and Lone Tree 0-3.